Pegging-machine.



S. M. CUTTER. PBGGING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 19. 1899.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1899.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

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SOLOMON MAROELLA CUTTER, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

PE GG-IN G-MACHINE Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Application filed January 19, 1899. Serial No. 702,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, SOLOMON M. CUTTER, of Montreal, Province of Quebec,Dominion of Canada, have invented an Improvement in leggiiig-liiachines,of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawin s, is a specification, like characters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention has for its principal object the production of animproved pegging machine in which a peg ribbon or strip is used, afeature of this invention being to cut from peg ribbon pegs varying inlength to correspond with variations in the thickness of the stock whichis being calipered prior to driving each peg, the stock being caliperedbetween, as herein shown, a stocksupport and a nose or plate whichcontacts with the outside of the sole being pegged, the stock-supportbeing the movable member of the calipering device. The peg ribbon orstrip has a width substantially equal to the longest peg required, butshorter pegs may be formed from it as the decreasing thickness of stockdemands.

My machine has been devised to control automatically the length of thepeg to be cut, according to the thickness of the stock next to receive apeg.

As I have herein chosen to illustrate my invention, the variations inlengths of pegs are due to varying positions occupied by the stock-s11pport with relation to the appliances, to be described, for making thepegs as needed, these changes of position being effected automaticallyby changes of thickness in the stock being calipered between thestock-support and the plate or nose. Variations in thickness of stock,therefore, eii'ect change in the relative position of the applianceswhich form the pegs from the ribbon or strip with relation to the upperand lower edges of said ribbon or strip, so that a peg of greater orless length may be made, as required, from the peg ribbon. Pref-crab y(be ribbon is led to the point at which the pegs formed through araceway or gnideway. herein shown as reciprocable for the purpose ofeffecting the feed of the ribbon through the raceway.

A. feature of the invention is that the ribbon is movable in thedirection of its width with reference bot-h to the raceway and to themeans for making the pegs so that the length of the pegs may be varied.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, I have so located thepeg ribbon or strip-supporting and feeding mechanism, and the appliancesused to make the pegs from the peg ribbon, that the pegs present adiamond shape in cross-section. These pegs are driven directly into thestock, one corner of each peg occupying a position nearer the edge ofthe .tock being pegged than the remaining corners of the peg, so that arow of driven pegs presents to the tread of the sole diamond-shapedends.

To enable me to form pegs of lengths varying according to variations inthe thickness of the stock being pegged, I employ means to cut the pegribbon transversely to form the side of the peg, and shortening means tocut the peg or peg ribbon to cletermine the length of the peg and afeature of the invention is a single peg cutting device having twoblades with cutting edges at right angles for cutting out from theribbon pegs shorter than the width of the ribbon. As to certain otherfeatures of the invention, however, the two blades may be separate anddistinct devices.

in all embodiments of the invention herein disclosed, the means forforming the pegs includes a vertical blade or cutter, which acts in theline of the side of the peg, to separate it from the ribbon and ahorizontal blade, which acts in a direction at right angles to thevertical blade, to define the head of the peg, thus determining itslength. Since the blade last mentioned reduces the length of the peg toless than the width of the ribbon, it is sometimes defined herein as apeg shortener. The two blades together constitute the acting part of thepeg forming means though this term covers also the vertical blade alonesince the peg shortener is not eii'ective when a peg of full length isformed. The chief function of the portion of the vertical cutter hereinshown as located above the peg shortener is to remove the sur plus woodnot required in the shortened peg being made, and T have hereinafterdesignated at times this portion of the vertical cutter as the surplusremover.

A further feature of the present invention is that the actuation of thepeg forming means is effected by the reciprocation of the racewaythrough which the peg ribbon is fed. As herein shown, the peg formingmeans is carried by the raceway but is given an independent movement tocause the cutters to form a peg.

The invention comprises also other incidental features includingparticularly combinations of parts and details of construction to bedescribed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a sufficientportion of a pegging machine embodying my invention in its preferredform, to enable the same to be understood, the lower part of the columnor stand ard being shown as broken out; Fig. l is a detail of the plateTV to be described; Fig. 2, in plan view, shows the race\vay, pegforming means and adjacent parts, some of said parts being in section;Fig. 3 is a plan view with a part in section, of the front end of theraceway; Fig. l is a side view of the raceway and cooperating means toact upon the peg ribbon; Fig. 5 is an end view of the block whichengages the upper edge of the peg ribbon; Fig. 6 is a front view showingthe mechanism to periodically depress the stock-support and to actuatethe driver and the awl; Fig. 7 is a detail. showing detached one form ofpeg forming means; Fig. 8 shows a modification thereof.

The column A adapted to stand on the floor, supports at its upper end ahead A, the head being connected to the column by suitable bolts A Thehead presents suitable uprights or bearings to sustain the main shaft)9, upon which will be mounted fast and loose pulleys or other suitabledriving devices, controlled by a treadle, such as are common in wellknown pegging machines, such for instance as are represented in U. S.Patent No. 582,579, dated May 11, 1897, and so need not be hereinillustrated or further described.

As shown in F l and G, the shaft A has fast upon its front or right-handend a disk B having in its front face a stud or crank a, and at its rearside, said disk has a cam groove 0:. The crank a has applied to itloosely one end of a link or connection a which fits over a stud 0*extended from a driver bar a, provided with a driver a", said driver barbeing fitted to slide up and down in a suitable guideway made in thefront face of the head A.

The awl 7) is actuated to enter the stock through an awl-bar or carrier6 jointed at its upper end loosely by a suitable stud 20 to the end of alever 6 pivoted at o on an ear extended from the head A, said leverhaving an arm b provided with a roller or other stud Z) which enters thecam groove a before referred to. The head has extended from its oppositeside, see Fig. 6, asecond car which receives a stud (Z, on which ispivoted an arm (Z provided at its inner end with a roller or other studal The head A has a notch terminating in a pocket 0 in which is entereda stud on the rear side of a circular ended projection 0 extended from astock depressing device shown as a lever 0, having at its upper end aroller or other stud 0*. This lever c has mounted upon it a roller studc and the lower end of the lever is bent laterally, as at a, to workunder the lower end of the awl carrier the lower end of saidleverworking in a slot std in the nose or plate 0 it constituting aportion of the head A and serving as an abutment to bear against theoutside of the sole of the boot or shoe S being pegged. The lever c ismovedto depress the stock and the stock support, herein shown as a horn,away from the underside of the plate or nose 0 preparatory to feedingthe stock over the horn. This lever c is normally kept elevated with itslower end retracted by means of a spring (Z connected to one of the earsreferred to, and to the said lever, and said lever is further connectedby a spring (Z with the awl carrier 6 In alug on head A is mounted ascrew (Z which regulates the backward position of the awl carrier andhence determines the length of the feed by fixing the point at which thefeed stroke of the awl begins.

The disk B has two cam projections 0 and a the one a acting against theroller (Z to depress the lever (Z, and cause it through the stud 0" todepress the stock depressing de vice o. The cam projection acts on theroller 0* of the lever 0 to move its lower end 0 laterally so that itcooperates with the awl to feed the stock over the horn.

lVhen the awl is out of the stock the edge of the awl carrier restsagainst the feed regulating screw (Z and the end of the lateralextension 0 at the lower end of the lever c rests substantially incontact with one side of the awl, and at such time the serrated underside of the extension (1 is substantially flush with the under side ofthe nose or foot plate 0 the stock being forced upwardly against saidplate by a spring j, and the roller 0 at the upper end of the lever 6'stands near the periphery of the disk B,the exact position of the saidroller with relation to said disk depending on the adjust ment of thescrew From this position of the parts, the awl starts downward to enterthe stock and the cam projection c of the disk B meets the roller (Z anddepresses lever c, the lower end of which is in contact with the stock,thereby forcing the stock together with the stock support or horndownward so as to remove the stock from contact with the foot-plate cThereafter the inclined face or acting part of the projection c of thedisk B strikes the roller or other stud c of the lever and causes saidlever then in contact with the stock and the stock depressed from thefoot-plate 0 to be vibrated, so that said lever in contact with the awlacts in conjunction with the said awl to feed the stock over the horn,the movement of the lever 0 being sufficient to place the awl in thepath of movement of the driver which is then in its elevated position,as shown in Fi (3. After this the projection 0 in the movement of thedisk B retires from the lever (Z letting the spring (Z raise the lever 0and since the awl is withdrawn from the stock at about the same time,the lower end of the lever 0, as it is being moved to the right as seenin Fig. 6, acts through the spring (i connecting said lever with the awlcarrier 6 to bring the edge of the awl carrier against the regulatingscrew d.

The peg ribbon or strip 0 may be taken from a suitable reel, 0?, mountedon a stud of the head. The peg ribbon is led through a groove 7 in araceway c, said raceway at its underside having a projection as 0 toenter a groove 0 in the plate or nose 0 and it has another projection 0extended laterally therefrom and entering a suitable groove or guidewayin the head A, shown by clotted lines, Fig. This raceway has a notch (2,see Fig. 4, which receives the rounded lower end of a lever c pivoted ata on an ear extended from the head A the upper end of said lever havingroller or other stud, which enters a cam groove in a cam 0 fast on thesaid shaft A said cam causing the said raceway in this form of myinvention, to slide forward and backward to a limited extent. Theraceway has at one side a slot, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and3, leading into the groove f, and in this slot stands one end of aspringpressed pawl f pivoted at f on the plate or nose the acting end ofsaid pawlbeing normally moved toward the peg ribbon by means of a springf connected therewith and with said plate. The acting end of the pawl fhas teeth to engage the peg ribbon.

The opposite side of the raceway is slotted and receives aspring-pressed pawl P, which is attached to and moves with the raceway,said pawl engaging the peg ribbon to insure that the ribbon shall movewith the raceway as the latter is moved toward the driver. Adjustablyconnected to the raceway by screws 7 is a dog or regulator f which actsupon the rear end 7 of the pawl f and thereby controls the feedingmovement of the peg ribbon within the raceway, as will be furtherexplained.

The underside of the raceway has attached to it by suitable screws 2, aspring g, which. as shown, acts against the underside of the peg ribbone and presses it upwardly into a notch 3 of a block g. Th s block g,partially broken out in Fig. 4, has an up wardly extended arm g providedwith a notch 4 in which is entered the rounded end of a lever 11,pivoted at 5, on an ear supported by the head, and the rear end of thelever rests on a vertically moving rod 2' surrounded by a strong spring7", said rod having its lower end screwed into a block 2 jointed to therear end of a horn lever i pivoted at 6, in a suitable ear or part ofthe standard, the opposite end of said lever having jointed to it at 7one member 8 of a pair of toggle links 8, 9, the upper link being inturn jointed at 10 to the lower end of a horn shaft C having attached toits upper end in any suitable manner, a suitable or usual stock-supportor horn C, the shaft C sliding up and down in a suitable bearing in thestandard. The members 8, 9, of the toggle, are united by a pin 12, andsaid pin is embraced by a link 13, connected with a pin let extendedfrom an elbow lever j having its fulcrum at 6, the said elbow leverbeing acted upon at 25 by a spring 24. connected to rod 12, and also, asherein shown, near its front end by a spring 15, both said springsnormally acting to keep the pin 17 carried by said lever in the positionshown in Fig. 1 to act as a stop for a bar 19 having a slot 18 in whichsaid pin 17 stands. The bar 19 is pivoted at 19 on a link 2O pivoted ata Spring 26, which tends to move bar 19 forward, is not strong enough tomove pin 17 forward against the resistance of springs and 2e, and hencethe parts will remain normally in the positions shown in Fig. 1 with thetwo links 8 and 9 of the toggle in alinement and the stock support inelevated position.

hen the parts stand in the position shown in Fig. 1, the notched orratchet block 22 carried by the bar 19 is kept from engaging the ratchetteeth 23 carried by the rod 2' and the strong spring j, acting against acollar j fixed to rod 2 acts to press the horn upwardly to clamp thestock of whatever thickness between itself and the foot plate, thespring yielding to accommodate variations in thickness of stock. lVhenthe front end of the lever j is depressed the pin 17 is moved to theright letting spring 26 connected with the link act to move the bar 19and put the teeth of the block 22 in engagement with the block 23connected with the rod i and thereafter further depression of the leveracts to move the link 13 far enough to break the parts 8, 9, of thetoggle and cause the horn to descend. With relation to this part of theinvention, I will say that in the use of pegging machines it isnecessary to depress the iorn when the stock is to be removed, and forthis purpose a treadle is ordinarily used, but to depress this treadleit is usually necessary to overcomethe pressure of a strong stiffspring, such as the spring j, it normally the acting to keep the hornraised or pressed upwardly and the stock thereon against the nose-platec.

The operator has to depress the treadle to lower the horn and compressthis spring usually two or three times a minute during the entire day,and this work has been found to be very t-iresomefor the operator, so Ihave devised the means list described for suspending the effective forceof this strong spring j so that the operator in lowering the horn doesnot have to work against and overcome the pressure of that spring butonly the pressure of the weaker springs 15 and 24, the force-of which ispartially counterbalanced by the weight of the horn and connected parts.When the ratchet block 22 engages the ratchet teeth 23 to restrain themovement of the rod 2' the lever 2" is also retained in place causingthe block 9 to be held stationary, so that the peg ribbon support willnot be moved vertically while the horn is being depressed to take off orput on stock. lVhen the foot is removed from the treadle y' the parts 8,9, of the toggle are straightened or put in line and the horn is putinto its elevated position and at the same time the pin 17 meets the endof the slot 18 and acts to remove the block 22 from its engagement withthe ratchet teeth 23 letting the strong spring j immediately assumecontrol of the rod 2' and the lever 2' for movin g the stock supportvertically.

The raceway c has pivoted on it at 9 a lever 9 to one end of which issecured a cutter 72, see Fig. 7, which slides back and forth in thediagonal groove 9 made in the raceway c, the cutter acting to cut thepeg ribbon diagonally through from side to side in the formation of eachpeg, so that each peg cut from the end of the peg ribbon is made diamondshape in cross section. The lever has a rounded end, which fits a notchin a block h, adjustably secured to the plate or nose CT by suitablescrews h the adjustment of said block on said plate serv ing todetermine the position of the cutting edge of the cutter h at the end ofits operative stroke and thus providing means to compensate for anyvariation in the length of the cutter. To insure a proper right linemovement for the said cutter, the connection between the lever and thecutter must be a loose one so that the device may slide in a right linewhile the end of the lever moves in a circular path. As herein shown,the lever has a slot in its end which em braces a pin or projection 50,carried by ears Q0 of a plate w, shown detached in Fig. 1. Thepeg-forming device, shown detached in Fig. 7, is attached to plate 10 byscrews eX- tending loosely through holes 10 in said de= vice, saidscrews entering threaded holes 10 in the plate.

The edge h of the peg forming means is I diagonal slot 9 made to enterthe peg ribbon obliquely when the raceway is substantially in itsforward position and said edge, cooperating with the upright corner 66of the raceway, cuts the peg ribbon transversely. The edge if of the pegshortener cuts the peg ribbon longitudinally, sliding over the shoulder60, which cooperates with said edge 72, in making the longitudinal cut.As already explained the length of the peg so formed will depend on theposition of the peg ribbon determined, through connections with thehorn, by the thickness of the stock.

Viewing Fig. 4, whenever the upper edge of the peg-ribbon 0 stands abovethe shoulder 60 it will be understood that a peg will be cut from thepeg-ribbon of a length less than the width of the pegribbon, and thesurplus of the ribbon not to be used at that time is the part of the endof the ribbon above the shoulder ('30. This surplus must be removed andit is done by cutting the ribbon entirely across the same from edge toedge. To enable this transverse cutto be made the pegribbon is supportedtransversely at its rear side in the line of the action of the edge hboth below and above the peg-shortening edge if, the support for theribbon above the shoulder GObeing represented as a projection 62 risingfrom that wall of the raceway, the face of said projection being in lineat one side with the raceway groove and at its other side with the Afterthe peg shortener has acted to form the head of the peg, and has,therefore, determined the length of the peg, the peg forming meansremains stationary while the driver descends through a hole h in the pegshortener, the driver meeting the head of the peg which standssubstantially in line with said hole. This hole or opening in the pegshortener is provided to avoid the necessity of withdrawing the pegshortener prior to the descent of the driver 7 to drive the peg, Ihaving chosen to use the transverse cutting blade h to form one side ofthe guide-way or passage in which the peg stands to be acted upon by thedriver and driven into the stock.

In Fig. 8, however, I have shown a modified form of appliance for makingpegs, and putthis modification I use a blade 5 having an edge 76 whichserves the purpose of the transverse cutting edge to separate the pegfrom the peg ribbon, and a blade 5 having an edge t which cuts the pegribbon transversely in line with and in continuation of the edge 6,these two blades being'separated by a space if, said blade or bladesbeing attached to a plate w as described of the device it. this space Ihave located a third blade having an edge t said edge occupying a 7horizontal position, or a position at right angles to the edgespreviously referred to, j a shortened peg is severed from the ribbon andthe blade 2? has a projection t which is engaged by a lever 25 supportedupon a pivot extended through the blade 6 the upper end of said leverbeing acted upon by a suitable cam or moving part of the machine, sothat said lever is made to move the blade t the edge of whichconstitutes the peg shortener, at the proper times to shorten the peg.The hole It in the peg shortener is brought into line with a hole Itmade in an overhanging lip it carried by an upright part h of theraceway when the raceway is in its farthest position to the right, thusputting said holes if and it exactly under and in the line of movementof the driver a said driver descending through said holes, and actingupgn the peg. Then, after the driver has been withdrawn from the saidholes, the cam e commences to retract the raceway toward the left, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4:, and thereby simultaneously to withdrawcutter h from the groove f. During the first portion of this movement ofthe raceway, the pawl f is maintained out of contact with the peg ribbonthrough the engagement of dog 7* with the rear end 7' of the pawl but,just before the raceway reaches the end of its movement, the dog fretires from engagement with the pawl and spring f forces the toothedend of the pawl into engagement with the ribbon. The adjustment of thedog uponthe raceway is such, for the usual class of work to be done withthe machine, that the pawl is caused to engage and hold the ribbonagainst further backward movement at such a point in the retractingmovement of the raceway that the end of the ribbon will be brought intoengagement with the end wall 27 of groove f at just the moment that theraceway reaches its rearmost position or will be brought close enough tosaid wall so that after cutter it has been actuated the peg will bearagainst both cutter and wall. If desired, however, the adjustment of thedog f may be such as to effect a slightly earlier release of the pawl,in which case the end of the ribbon will be pressed forcibly against theend wall 27 and the final movement of the raceway may even carry theribbon backward slightly with reference to the end of the pawl. On theother hand, if a peg of a width less than normal is desired, the dog 7may be adjusted to release the pawl at a later point in the movement ofthe raceway, in which case the end of the ribbon will not completelyfill the space between cutter h and wall 27. Upon the forward movementof the raceway, as already explained, the ribbon has no relative movement within the groove 7 but slides along under pawl 7" until the latteris retracted from the ribbon by dog f as the raceway approaches itsforemost position and, during the last portion of this forward movement,

and left in position for driving.

It will be noticed that the peg is held or guided between the cutter onone side and the upright wall 27 at the end of the pegribbon guideway Ifthe stock being pegged varies in thickness, the block 9 will be raisedand lowered by its connections with the stock support, such movementvarying according to the variations in thickness of the stock. If thestock increases in thickness, the block g will be lowered to therebypositively lower the peg ribbon against spring g, leaving less of theupper part of the ribbon to be removed in producing a peg of the properlength. If the stock decreases in thickness, the block 9 will be raiseda corresponding distance so that the peg ribbon under the action ofspring 9 will be placed in position to have a greater quantity of itsupper edge removed to thus produce a shorter peg. By adjusting the rod2' in the threaded block 2' the normal position of the block g acting onthe top of the peg ribbon may be adapted to the width of the peg ribbonused, and thereafter the pegs will be cut off of a length varying asrequired, by varying thicknesses of stock being pegged.

The stock-support herein shown is pressed upwardly continuously by meansof the spring j so that the stock-support contacting with the undersideof the stock to clamp the same against the usual nose 0 is free to riseto a greater or less extent through the action of the spring j, saidspring constituting a means whereby the stock-support is madeself-adapting to variations in thickness of stock between it and theusual noseplate.

The stock-support in this present instance of my invention is not pulleddown automatically by or through the action of the lever i preparatoryto feeding, as in my former patent, No. 582579, dated May 11, 1897, butis depressed only by or through the action of lever c and its connectedmechanism, already described.

The portion of the peg removed from the top of the ribbon by thehorizontally arran ed part 71 of the peg cutting and forming mechanismis discharged through the space 28 between the shoulder 60 and theoverhanging lip h and escapes from the raceway in the direction of themovement of the peg cutting or forming device.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1.. In a pegging machine, a raceway, a levercarried by the raceway, peg forming means carried by said lever, andmeans to operate said lever whereby the peg forming means is forcedthrough the peg ribbon or strip in the raceway to form pegs directlytherefrom.

2. In a pegging machine, a raceway means to yieldingly sustain therein apeg ribbon or strip, means to reciprocate said raceway longiti'idinally,means for depressing said peg ribbon against the means for sustainingthe same, peg forming means, and means to operate it and cause the saidforming means to sever pegs of varying length from the end of saidribbon or strip, combined with means to insure the forward movement ofsaid peg ribbon in said. raceway.

8. In a pegging machine, a raceway to receive a peg ribbon, means tomove said raceway, peg forming means, actuating means therefor carriedby said raceway, and a device to operate said actuating means and movethe peg forming means to cut a peg from peg ribbon.

l. In a pegging machine, a movable raceway to receive a peg ribbon orstrip, peg forming means, a lever to which it is attached, said leverbeing pivoted on the said raceway, combined with a device to actuatesaid lever and peg forming means during the movements of the race\ "a Ina pegging machine, a movable raceway to receive a peg ribbon or strip, alever carried by said raceway, a peg former connected with said lever,means to operate said lever as the raceway is being moved whereby saidformer is forced to sever pegs from said peg ribbon or strip.

6. In a pegging machine, a raceway with a plurality of obliquelyintersecting guide grooves, one of them having an end wall against whichis held the end of a peg ribbon, means guided by the other groove toform diamond-shaped pegs of varying length directly from said ribbon,and automatic means to position the ribbon with reference to saidpeg-forming means.

7. A support for a peg ribbon, it presenting a longitudinal grooveintersected by a diagonal groove, a peg former occupying a position insaid diagonal groove, a horn or work-support, means for automaticallyvarying the length of pegs formed directly from the peg ribbon accordingto the position of the horn or stocksupport and means to actuate saidpeg former to form from said peg ribbon a peg diamond shaped incrosssection.

8. In a pegging machine, a raceway to receive a peg ribbon, means tosustain said ribbon yieldingly in said raceway, automatic means to lowersaid ribbon in said raceway, and peg-forming means.

9. In a pegging machine, a raceway to receive and guide a peg ribbon orstrip, means to raise and means to lower said peg ribbon or strip insaid raceway, and peg forming means to form from said ribbon pegs ofvarying length.

10. In a pegging machine, a stock sup port, a foot plate, peg-formingmeans to form pe -s from the end of a peg ribbon, at raceway to receiveand gulde said peg IllO- bon, a yielding support for one edge of saidpeg ribbon, means controlled by the stock support and eo-acting with theother edge of said pe ribbon to place automatically the peg ribbon inposition with relation to the peg-forming means to form a peg tocorrespond with the thickness of the stock on the stock support.

11. In a pegging machine, a raceway to receive and guide a peg ribbon,means to move the raceway to feed said peg ribbon forward, m *ans toform pegs from said peg ribbon, means to change automatically theposition vertically of said peg ribbon. in said raceway to vary thelength of the peg to be formed, and a surplus remover to take away thematerial not needed in the peg".

12. In a pegging machine, a stock-support capable of adapting itself tovarying thickness of stock, a raceway having a driver passage, meanscooperating with said raceway to move it longitudinally, means to changethe position of the peg ribbon vertically through variations in theposition of the stock-support, and peg forming means to form pegs fromsaid peg ribbon, said pegs varying in length according to the variationsin thickness of the stock on the stock-support.

13. In a pegging machine, a raceway, means to insure the movement of apeg ribbon or strip longitudinally in said raceway, a driver passage, adevice to act on the up per edge of said peg ribbon or strip, pegforming means and means to move said de vice to depress the peg ribbonor strip in said raceway. 7

14. In a pegging machine, a raceway having a longitudinal groove toreceive and guide a peg ribbon or strip, a driver passage, a spring toact upon the lower edge of said ribbon, or strip, a device to act uponthe upper edge of said ribbon or strip, calipering means to caliper thethickness of the stock being pegged, and means controlled by saidcalipering means to depress the cevice acting upon the upper edge of thepeg ribbon or strip to thereby change its position vertically andautomatically according to the thickness of the stock being calipered,peg forming means, and means to actuate it whereby pegs cut from thesaid peg ribbon or strip are automatically varied in length tocorrespond with the thickness of the stock before being calipered.

15. In a pegging machine, means to present a peg ribbon or strip, aspring acting on the lower edge of said peg ribbon or strip,

a block or device acting on the upper edge of said ribbon or strip, astock support, and means actuated by it to change the positionautomatically of said block and cause it to place the'upper edge of saidribbon or strip in variable positions vertically according to variationsin thickness of the stock.

16. In a pegging machine, a raceway to receive a peg ribbon or strip,peg forming means to form pegs from said strip, a block or device actingupon the upper edge of said ribbon or strip, means to force said stripcontinuously against the said block or device, a stock-support, andmeans between it and said block or device to change its positionaccording to variations in thickness of stock on said stock support.

17. In a pegging machine, a raceway to receive a peg ribbon or strip,peg forming means to form pegs from said ribbon or strip, a block ordevice acting on the upper edge of said ribbon or strip, means to forcethe upper eoge of said strip constantly against said block or device, astock-support capable of changing its position according to varyingthickness of stock, a rod actuated by said stock-support, and a devicebetween said rod and said block to move the latter in unison with thesaid stock-support.

18. In a pegging machine, a raceway having a groove to receive a. pegribbon or strip and provided at the end of said groove with a verticaldriver passage, means to move said raceway longitudinally, a driver, andmeans to actuate it to drive a peg from the driver passage into thestock.

19. In a pegging machine, a raceway to receive a peg ribbon or strip,means to move said raceway, peg forming means carried by said raceway,and means to operate said peg forming means as the raceway is moved.

20. A driver, a raceway to receive a peg ribbon or strip, neans toreciprocate said raceway transversely relative to the driver, a deviceattached to atiXed part of the machine and adapted to come in contactwith the said ribbon or strip to hold the same while the raceway isbeing moved away from the driver, thereby insuring the travel of the pegribbon or strip longitudinally in the said raceway required to presentthe end of the peg ribbon in position to have a peg formed from it.

21. In a pegging machine, a raceway shaped to expose part of the upperedge of a peg ribbon, and provided with a groove to receive and guide apeg ribbon, and a groove intersecting the ribbon receiving groove,combined with peg touning means presenting an edge to out the ribbontransversely and longitudinally in the formation therefrom of a pegshorter than the width or" the ribbon.

22. In a pegging machine, a vertical blade for detaching a peg from pegribbon and a c iiperating horizontal blade for shortening the peg, saidhorizontal blade having an opening in it for the passage of a driver,together with co-acting devices for moving said blades to form ashortened peg.

23. In a pegging machine, a single peg cutting device having two bladeswith cutting edges at right angles and means for moving said devicesagainst one side of a peg ribbon to sever therefrom a peg shorter thanthe width oi the ribbon.

24:. In a pegging machine, a raceway pre senting an upper horizontaledge and having a groove to receive a peg ribbon or strip, said racewayhaving a groove intersecting the groove in which the said ribbon orstrip is contained, peg forming means presenting a vertical edge movingin said groove to sever the ribbon or peg transversely to form a peg,and a horizontally arranged edge which attacks the peg ribbon to shortenthe peg, said horizontal edge cooperating with the upper ed e of thesaid raceway.

In a pegging machine, means to caliper the stock, means to support a pegribbon or strip and to change its position vertically according to thevariations in the thickness of the stock, combined with peg formingmeans having a substantially vertical and horizontally extended cuttingedge, the horizontal part of the cutter having a driver passage thereinback from its edge, and means to slide the same to and fro with relationto said ribbon or strip, said peg forming means operating during one andthe same stroke to not only sever the peg strip transversely but also tocut the same longitudinally to form a peg of greater or less lengthaccording to variations in thickness of stock being calipered, and adriver to pass through the opening of said peg cutting device.

26. In a pegging machine, an awl, means to actuate it to enter thestock, and independent means contacting directly with said awl andmoving the same laterally while in the stock to feed the same.

27. In a pegging machine, a stock support, an awl, means to cause it toenter the stock, means to depress the stock together with the stocksupport and then to move the awl laterally while it is in the stock forthe purpose of feeding the stock over the stock support.

28. In a pegging machine, a stock support, an awl, means to cause theawl to penetrate the stock, an independent device, and means to move thesame to contact with the upper side of the stock and depress the stockand the stock support, said means also contacting with the awl then inthe stock and effecting the movement of the awl for feeding the stockover the stock support.

29. In a pegging machine, a raceway through which a peg ribbon may befed, peg-forming means including a shortening device, devices directlyengaging the ribbon to move it in the direction of its width withshortening device.

30. In a pegging machine, a driver, a raceway to receive a peg ribbon,means to move the ribbon longitudinally in the raceway, means to formpegs from the ribbon. and means to change the position of the ribbonvertically in the raceway and with relation to the peg-forming means.

31. In a pegging machine, means to caliper the stock being pegged, araceway to receive a peg ribbon, means to eifect the longitudinalmovement of said peg ribbon in said raceway, peg ribbon supportingmeans, and de vices deriving their movement from means for caliperingthe stock whereby the peg ribbon is moved vertically in said racewaymore or less in accordance with the variations in thickness of stockbeing calipered and peg ltorming means.

32. In a pegging machine, a horn,.a horn lever, a toggle connecting theshank of the horn with said horn lever, a two-armed treadle, a linkconnecting one end of said treadle with the pin of said toggle, a springto normally keep said treadle in a position to maintain the togglestraightand the horn in its elevated position, combined with a toothedblock, and means to move said block in the direction of the horn spindlein advance of the movement of said lever for a distance sufficient tobreak the toggle to depress the horn.

In a pegging machine, a raceway having a groove to receive the pegribbon, and a diagonal groove intersecting the peg-ribbon receivinggroove, the raceway being provided also with a projection to sustain theside or the peg ribbon and with a shoulder,

in combination with a peg-forming device with meeting vertical andhorizontal cutting edges, a lever to move said device to cause it to cutout from the peg ribbon a peg shorter than the width of the ribbonwhenever any portion of said ribbon occupies a position above saidshoulder.

In a pegging machine, a foot plate, a stock support, means normallyacting to clamp the stock between said plate and said support, a racewayto receive a peg ribbon,

SOLOMON MAROELLA CUTTER,

\Vitnesses XV. A. DUNNETT, F. W. KNOWLTON.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N 0. 930,047, grantedAugust 3, 1909, upon the application of Solomon Marcella Gutter, ofMontreal, Quebec, Canada, for an improvement in Pegging-Machines, errorsappear in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: Onpage 3, line 89, the reference-numeral 12 should read i and line 122,page 6, the word before should be stricken out; and that the saidLetters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that thesame may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 24th day of August, A. D., 1909.

[SEAL] F. A. TENN ANT,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

